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Hall & Oates – Ennui On The Mountain Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Ennui On The Mountain by Hall & Oates on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C Dm C Dm
C Dm C Dm
F C/E Eb Dm G
C Dmm C Dm

[Verse]
C            Dm
We don't need a whole lot of money
C            Dm
We don't need a Cadillac car
C                 Dm
What we need is a mountain in Montana

A thousand acre world for
    G
the roadies and the girls
C           Dm
But you need a whole lot of money
C                Dm
Lots of loot, to tell you the troot'
C                      Dm
Oh, we know what's good but
we love what's bad

[Chorus]
            Am
And it'd be ennui on
    G           F   D/F#
the mountain anyway
G          Am           Dm      G
Oh I don't know if it's high or low
         F         C/E
But it's round and round
    Eb             Dm
and round and round
   C Dm
we go
           C  Dm
I don't know what I need

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[Verse 2]
C       Dm
Everyday we try to get higher
C              Dm
Any way to the dream at the
end you got to
C                Dm
AM airplay and a golden
concept album

So they pay for what you say
         G
And they hang on every word
C                   Dm
You and me are just Ponce de Leon-y
C                              Dm
Looking for something we ain't never
gonna find
C                      Dm
Oh, we know what's good but
we love what's bad

[Chorus 2]
            Am
And it'd be ennui on
    G           F   D/F#
the mountain anyway
G          Am           Dm      G
Oh I don't know if it's high or low
         F         C/E
But it's round and round
    Eb             Dm
and round and round
   C Dm
we go
           C  Dm
I don't know what I need

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[Solo]
C Dm C Dm
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
C Dm
Am G F D/F#

[Chorus 2]
G          Am           Dm      G
Oh I don't know if it's high or low
         F         C/E
But it's round and round
    Eb             Dm
and round and round
   C Dm
we go
           C  Dm
I don't know it

[Interlude]
C Dm C Dm
Ooooooooo
C Dm C Dm             C   Dm
Ooooooooo ooh I don't know

[Outro Solo]
C Dm C Dm
C Dm C Dm
F C/E Eb Dm C

How to play Ennui On The Mountain: key, chords and progression

Ennui On The Mountain by Hall & Oates is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 9 chords: C, Dm, F, C/E, Eb, G, Dmm, Am and D/F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C/E – Eb – Dm (IV – I – ♭III – ii in C major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F and Eb are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.